Oklahoma § 74-63.3 - Records and information on underground storage tank

§ 74-63.3. Records and information on underground storage tank

systems - Reports by certain agencies, districts, and institutions Priority list for removal or repair - Approval of removal - Report

to Legislature.

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

establish and maintain adequate records and information on all

underground storage tank systems owned and operated by the state or

any agency of the state, including but not limited to school

districts or any agency thereof and institutions of higher learning.

B. Upon the effective date of this act, every state agency and

school district and institution of higher education owning or

operating an underground storage tank system shall furnish and

deliver to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services a report

of the underground tanks owned and operated by the agency, district

or institution detailing location of the tank, the age, condition of

any such tank and installation methods, if known.

C. Prior to the report, each agency, district or institution

shall:

1. Make a visual assessment of the tanks owned and operated by

them to determine whether evidence of leakage from the tank has

occurred;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

2. An examination of fuel records during the past year to

determine if input equals output; and

3. Determine based upon visible assessment and upon information

the condition of the tank, expected life of the tank, present and

future need for the tank.

D. Based on the information received from the agencies,

districts and institutions, the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall establish and maintain a priority list on state owned

and operated underground storage tank systems with the tanks needing

removal or repair due to leakage given the greatest priority.

E. Upon establishment of the priority list, as funds become

available for such purposes, the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall provide for the upgrade, repair or removal of tanks

owned and operated by said state agencies, districts or institutions

so as to meet the federal protection standards for underground

storage tank systems by 1999. When possible an internal assessment

of the tanks shall be made and as a preference over removal except

in cases of economics or extent of deterioration of the tank, or

future need of the tank, and when needed the tank shall be upgraded

pursuant to the most current edition of the National Leak Prevention

Association Standard No. 631.

F. Except in an emergency situation no tank shall be removed

without the approval of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services after determination that removal would be more cost

effective than repairing or upgrading the tank.

G. By January 15 of each year, the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services shall make a written report to the Speaker of

the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate listing:

1. The number of tanks owned and operated by state agencies,

districts and institutions; and

2. How many tanks were removed and replaced or removed, or

upgraded and an estimated cost of bringing the tanks into compliance

with federal law requirements by 1999.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 63, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by

Laws 2012, c. 304, § 714.